| 100% | FIRST | 5 | With 27-Down, ground level |
| 65% | ADEN | 4 | With 27 Down, temporary Mideast capital |
| 58% | ARENA | 5 | Level ground with seats around |
| 55% | ODDS | 4 | With 27-Down, a bookie |
| 55% | RIDEEM | 6 | With 27-Down, western cry |
| 55% | BUBBLE | 6 | With 27-Down, Bazooka product |
| 55% | JEAN | 4 | With 27-Down, Captain Picard |
| 54% | ATTY | 4 | With 27-Down, firm figure: Abbr. |
| 54% | SANS | 4 | With 27-Down, like some letters |
| 54% | SHAPE | 5 | Work with 27-Down |
| 53% | SOMETHING | 9 | With 27-Down, song from 36-Across |
| 53% | ERIC | 4 | With 27-Down, old English character actor |
| 53% | LARGE | 5 | With 27-Down, what these answers show |
| 53% | ANG | 3 | With 27-Down, "Life of Pi" director |
| 53% | TAMERS | 6 | Circus workers with 27-Down |
| 52% | CONTINUEDONNEXT | 15 | With 27-Down, like 10-Across and others |
| 52% | ALI | 3 | With 27-Down, foe of the Forty Thieves |
| 52% | TRIAL | 5 | With 27-Down, literally, a Sixth Amendment right |
| 51% | GRACE | 5 | With 27-Down, her last film was "High Society" |
| 50% | TORE | 4 | Leveled, with "down" |
| 50% | STAIRWAY | 8 | With 27-Down, song involved in the 18-Across lawsuit |
| 50% | BALD | 4 | With ''-faced'' and 65 Down, whopper |
| 49% | VANILLA | 7 | With 27-Down, 2001 film starring Tom Cruise and Penélope Cruz |
| 47% | LAVA | 4 | With 59 Down, ''pumice-powered'' product |
| 47% | BALI | 4 | With 36 Down, ''South Pacific'' song |
| 47% | ANG | 3 | With 29 Down, ''Gemini Man'' director |
| 47% | MEL | 3 | With 67-Down, Polo Grounds star |
| 47% | LIV | 3 | With 27-Down, actress who's the daughter of Aerosmith's lead singer |
| 47% | ALIEN | 5 | With 27-Down, sci-fi phenomena that help explain this puzzle's theme |
| 46% | FIRSTFLOOR | 10 | Ground level, usually |